MSI Motherboards

[H4X3R]

I have heard mostly very bad things about them. Some of my friends working in computer shops all have the highest motherboard return rate which were made by MSI.

 

Tell me what you have experienced.

I am planning to keep it for 5 - 6 years so it must last for quite a while.

[WinNut]

I hear Gigabyte boards are sturdy, high end, and reliable.

[helping]

Their low end boards are just as bad as any other manufacturers low end board. Overall their motherboards are quite good, so what you've heard is mostly speculation and anecdotal failure. 

 

The BIOS I've worked with on an old G43 board was probably better than most of the newer BIOSes I've worked with from Asus and Gigabyte. 

[FireFox]

So far I've had my MSI Z68A-G43 G3 for almost two years now and I've had no issues what so ever, I think they make decent boards mate.

[AMD Lover]

I've got one that screws up the southbridge initialization every once and a while. Causes little bugs here and there, ive RMA'd my CPU, changed the GPU and tried different RAM so its the motherboard. Its generally fine though, i think after a couple BIOS updates it might smooth itself out.

 

Had mine for a 1yr and a half

[Coombzy]

I love my GD65 not had an issue with it.

[H4X3R]

I hear Gigabyte boards are sturdy, high end, and reliable.

Did i ask about gigabyte boards?

I know they are the best in terms of build quality though. 

 

Their low end boards are just as bad as any other manufacturers low end board. Overall their motherboards are quite good, so what you've heard is mostly speculation and anecdotal failure. 

 

The BIOS I've worked with on an old G43 board was probably better than most of the newer BIOSes I've worked with from Asus and Gigabyte. 

I don't really care about the BIOS but it is a nice add on feature i guess. 

Good to know that someone actually supports MSI.

[Volbet]

Never had an issue an MSi board in my life. But I don't recommend flashing the BIOS with the in OS utility, they want you to use.

[H4X3R]

I love my GD65 not had an issue with it.

 

I've got one that screws up the southbridge initialization every once and a while. Causes little bugs here and there, ive RMA'd my CPU, changed the GPU and tried different RAM so its the motherboard. Its generally fine though, i think after a couple BIOS updates it might smooth itself out.

 

Had mine for a 1yr and a half

 

So far I've had my MSI Z68A-G43 G3 for almost two years now and I've had no issues what so ever, I think they make decent boards mate.

Cool. Good to know.

I have heard that they usually have BIOS issues though just like @AMD Lover mentioned.

[H4X3R]

Never had an issue an MSi board in my life. But I don't recommend flashing the BIOS with the in OS utility, they want you to use.

Why not?

[FireFox]

Did i ask about gigabyte boards?

 

Come on mate, I can detect a slight attitude there, he was just saying that Gigabyte boards are good and since you're enquiring about MSI and their reliability he was perfrectly well placed so mention about Gigabyte who do make very good boards alongside Asus and in my opinion MSI.

[SeanAngelo]

MSI motherboards are actually quite decent

[helping]

I don't really care about the BIOS but it is a nice add on feature i guess. 

Good to know that someone actually supports MSI.

There's no point in a motherboard that costs more than 50$ if you don't care about the BIOS.

 

All those features and quality you pay for are useless if they're barely usable and buggy.

[AMD Lover]

Why not?

It screws up a lot, if you use the utility in the bios its much more stable

[Volbet]

Why not?

Has a bad tendacy to brick boards. It's a combination of the utility being really buggy, and the instructions aren't clear in the utility.

But just use the M-Flash feature in the BIOS and your good.

[FireFox]

I have heard that they usually have BIOS issues though just like @AMD Lover mentioned.

 

I've come across a few BIOS issues but that was the dickheads who owned it updating the BIOS for no reason and experiencing a powercut, it was their fault and not the boards.

[Recon-UK]

I have had my MSI 790FX-GD70 for almost 5 years, there has not been a single sign of degradation with my CPU or any other parts, it has been pushing a dual core Phenom II 555 BE unlocked into quad at 4.2ghz stable for 3+ years.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My MSI P67A GD53 died, it started to not like running dual channel memory, ended up buying EVGA.

 

[AMD Lover]

I've come across a few BIOS issues but that was the dickheads who owned it updating the BIOS for no reason and experiencing a powercut, it was their fault and not the boards.

Yeah their BIOS is stable I just think they need to put a little more work into them to make them work better.

[H4X3R]

Has a bad tendacy to brick boards. It's a combination of the utility being really buggy, and the instructions aren't clear in the utility.

But just use the M-Flash feature in the BIOS and your good.

Thank you. Good to know

 

 

I have had my MSI 790FX-GD70 for almost 5 years, there has not been a single sign of degradation with my CPU or any other parts, it has been pushing a dual core Phenom II 555 BE unlocked into quad at 4.2ghz stable for 3+ years.

 

My MSI P67A GD53 died, it started to not like running dual channel memory, ended up buying EVGA.

 

 

Cool. Was waiting for an answer like this. Thank you

[Anthony10]

i have 2 msi motherboards and am planning to buy an msi laptop, i think their motherboards and products are great

[FireFox]

Yeah their BIOS is stable I just think they need to put a little more work into them to make them work better.

 

These dickheads see an new BIOS and upgrade for no reason which in my opinion is the worst reason, my board is still running on BIOS version 4.1 from 2011, the latest for Sandy Bridge is 4.3 but since I have zero problems with ol' faithful I haven't updated it.

 

I would certainly have another MSI board and already have two MSI video cards though my GTX 650 Ti goes a little weird once in a while.

[nj4ck]

Its hard to go wrong with boards when you're buying high end nowadays, even ASrock is right up there in terms of quality. When you get into the low-end motherboards, that changes a little. I've personally had issues with midrange Gigabyte boards, can't speak for MSI though, at least not from experience.

[Recon-UK]

These dickheads see an new BIOS and upgrade for no reason which in my opinion is the worst reason, my board is still running on BIOS version 4.1 from 2011, the latest for Sandy Bridge is 4.3 but since I have zero problems with ol' faithful I haven't updated it.

 

I would certainly have another MSI board and already have two MSI video cards though my GTX 650 Ti goes a little weird once in a while.

The 1155 EVGA Z68 board i replaced the MSI with really does not work well with my 2500k on the newer bios, it is designed for the 3570k, some folk do not read up, some like to trial and error like me

[H4X3R]

These dickheads see an new BIOS and upgrade for no reason which in my opinion is the worst reason, my board is still running on BIOS version 4.1 from 2011, the latest for Sandy Bridge is 4.3 but since I have zero problems with ol' faithful I haven't updated it.

 

I would certainly have another MSI board and already have two MSI video cards though my GTX 650 Ti goes a little weird once in a while.

I agree with you. If a BIOS is stable then why update.

 

Its hard to go wrong with boards when you're buying high end nowadays, even ASrock is right up there in terms of quality. When you get into the low-end motherboards, that changes a little. I've personally had issues with midrange Gigabyte boards, can't speak for MSI though, at least not from experience.

I love Asrock

 

 

i have 2 msi motherboards and am planning to buy an msi laptop, i think their motherboards and products are great

 

Thank you for your input. Good to know.

[nj4ck]

I love Asrock

me too, currently very happy with my Z87M extreme4